FECCA 2009 CONFERENCE

The FECCA 2009 Biennial Conference is Australia’s preeminent multicultural conference. This year the conference explored the twin themes of social inclusion and multiculturalism. It considered how Australians from migrant and refugee backgrounds fit into the wider social inclusion agenda. The conference was held in Shepparton, Victoria – a culturally diverse and harmonious regional city set in a relaxed, friendly environment. It is a model for the successful settlement of migrants and refugees in regional areas.

Click here to download the official Conference Program.

 
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS

To view the key recommendations from the FECCA 2009 conference,  please click here.
 

CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

Here you will find a list of presenters from the FECCA 2009 Conference. To view a presentation,  simply click on the PDF icon next to the name of the presenter you wish to view.

The views, attitudes, opinions and interviews expressed in these articles are those of the individual authors.

	Dr Tanveer Ahmed Psychiatrist and Writer
	Australian Federation of International Students
	Linda Bennett and Immaculate Bihamba Victorian Local Governance Association
	Shaun Brown Managing Director of SBS
	Professor Des Cahill Professor, RMIT
	Sam Campisi National Manager of Multicultural Services, Centrelink
	Wesa Chau Australian Federation of international Students
	Dr Ahmad Al Mousa, Sarah Hunt and Wesa Chau Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria
	Dr Hass Dellal OAM Executive Director, Australian Multicultural Foundation
	Andrew Demetriou CEO AFL/Chair Australian Multicultural Advisory Council
	Jackie Stephenson and Corrine Dobson National Prescribing Service Ltd and FECCA
	Senator the Hon Chris Evans Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
	The Hon Laurie Ferguson MP Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services
	John Gibson President - Refugee Council of Australia
	Dr Pauline Gwatirisa Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health
	Nadine Hantke ADEC
	Maria Cosmidis and Nick Hatzoglou Australian Football League
	Kate Hay Centrelink, Rural and Climate Change Branch
	Melba Marginson, Dalal Samaan and Ngatuaine Hosking Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Network
	Dolly Hsiao-Yun Huang University of Melbourne
	Graeme Innes AM Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Race Discrimination Commissioner
	Professor Andrew Jakubowicz Centre for Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, University of Technology Sydney
	George Lekakis Chairperson, Victorian Multicultural Commission
	Abd- Elmasih Malak BSW MSW AM FECCA Hon President
	Pamela Rodriguez and Lindy Marlow Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health
	Ian McHutchison CEO, AMES
	Voula Messimeri AM FECCA Chair
	Barbara Brown, Thon Makeui, Hafiza Khoshiwal and Jean Marie Mupenda Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District Inc.
	Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM Director – Equity and Diversity, University of Western Sydney
	Ikebal Patel President, Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
	Dr Astrid Perry South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
	Ljubica Petrov Manager – Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing
	Melissa Phillips University of Melbourne, School of Social and Political Sciences
	Vicki Pridmore BreastScreen Victoria
	Joyce Rebiero Carers Victoria
	Helen Sara FECCA Women’s Chair
	Dr Melika Yassin Sheik-Eldin Manager of Settlement Partnerships, AMES
	Eugenia Grammatikakis and Michelle Smith Victorian Local Government Multicultural Issues Network
	Dr Helen Szoke CEO, Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
	Peter Templeton Assistant Secretary, DIAC Migration Branch
	Irena Quinn Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Centre